Working Party on GATS Rules - Inter-Agency Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services - Progress Report, May 2000 - Background Note by the Secretariat
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Inter-Agency Task Force on Statistics of
International Trade in Services
Progress Report, May 2000
Background Note by the Secretariat
Responding to a request from the Working Party on GATS Rules, at its meeting of 4 5 May 2000, this Note briefly describes past and future work of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services. The special focus is on work on the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services and short-term prospects in this area. The Annex provides a short overview of the Manual. More detailed information, including the draft Manual itself, is available in the Secretariat.
Major Achievements
In 1994, following requests from GATT and UNCTAD representatives, the United Nations Statistical Commission decided to establish the Inter-Agency Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Servi